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Top alpine climber Luka Lindič says learning to move fast and fluidly in the mountains has been the foundation of his success.
© Aleš Česen
Slovenian climber Luka Lindič, 27, sees becoming a skilled alpinist as similar to building a house. With a strong foundation, the rest is possible. Without it, you'll eventually run into difficulties.
"It's really important to spend a lot of time in the mountains moving in all kinds of terrain, learning to be comfortable, because only then can you climb harder routes," Luka says. "For me, building a foundation has been about climbing many, many relatively easy classic routes in the Slovenian mountains.
"Many times I've realised I can do hard climbs, but if I don't move a lot in easy terrain for a while then I lose this feeling of moving fluidly. You get stiff. You become slow. You don't have the flow to just move. I think it's really important to keep that."
© Aleš Česen
His approach of building the basics has clearly paid off. In 2015, he became one of the youngest people to win the prestigious Piolet d'Or Award, considered the "Oscars of alpinism". Luka, and his two climbing partners Marko Prezelj and Aleš Česen won the award for their ascent of the north face of Hagshu (6515 m) in India.
Always coming back to relatively easy routes also reminds Luka why he fell in love with climbing in the first place. "I can't deny that when I have a really ambitious project that's on my limit it's also stressful. If I would do only this, I would forget the feelings that originally brought me into climbing – the simple joy of being in the mountains."
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Luka's love of the mountains began as a child. Hiking is one of the biggest sports in Slovenia and his hiker parents took Luka whenever they went. He remembers walking past rock faces and looking up in wonder at the climbers scaling them.
|It's really important to spend a lot of time in the mountains moving in all kinds of terrain, learning to be comfortable, because only then can you climb harder routes.
His curiosity grew and at 14 he joined his local climbing club and was fortunate to be mentored by some of Slovenia's most experienced alpinists, particularly Marko Prezelj. They not only taught him the skills, but also brought him into the strong Slovenian climbing tradition.
"We live in such a small place, a small community, and we meet day-to-day in crags because the distances are so small. That's one of the reasons we have so many good alpinists here. I'm very lucky."
© Aleš Česen
One of his toughest climbs was what was dubbed the "alpine ascent of the season" in 2014; the first free ascent of Rolling Stones on the north face of the Grandes Jorrasses, Mont Blanc massif. "Some people said it's wasn't possible to do it in the style we did," he says "But it was just a question of self-confidence."
This summer he is going to Pakistan and has climbing permits for Broad Peak (8051 m) and Gasherbrunn IV (7925 m). However, he wants to keep his plans open.
"The reason is I want to be more free and not fix too much before I go," he explains. "Many times when you are in big mountains you need to change your plans because of different factors. It's really important you feel free to do so, to play, to follow some crazy ideas, to think out of the box, and not be too fixed."
Luka's climbing achievements:
Bhagirathi IV (Garhwal Himalaya, India) 6200 m, September 2009.
Bhagirathi III (Garhwal Himalaya, India) 6546 m, September 2009.
Bhagirathi II (Garhwal Himalaya, India) 6612 m, September 2009.
Hagshu north face (Zanskar, Himalaya, India) 6657 m, September 2014.
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I really want to like the Surface Pro. A full Windows 8 Pro device in tablet form has the potential to shake up the mobile computing world, offering genuine computing power in a truly portable package. To be *that* device the Surface Pro doesn't need to match the iPad or Nexus 10 in terms of thinness and lightness, or even battery life - after all, it offers functionality more akin to that of a laptop than a Windows tablet. But it does need to come close. UPDATE: see our full Surface Pro 3 review.
The Surface Pro launches in the UK on 23 May 2013. It will cost £719 for the model with 64GB of onboard storage, and the larger 128GB model will cost £799. So now the Surface Pro is available in the UK, should you rush out and buy one?
The good news is that the Surface Pro offers Ultrabook performance in a chassis only marginally thicker than the Surface RT. The bad news is that it is hot and heavy and the battery life isn't what we'd hoped for. It's a B+ product. A four-star device that is almost, but not quite, the one device for all. Here's why...
Surface Pro: Design and build
It's difficult to know how to judge the Surface Pro's design. It's a hybrid device, designed to replace your Ultrabook or Macbook Air and to do away with your need to travel with an iPad or Nexus 7. I'm writing this on a business trip on which I have brought a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch touchscreen Ultrabook and a Nexus 7 tablet. Compared with the former the Surface Pro is a true lightweight. It is unmistakably thicker than the 9.4mm Surface RT - and for that matter the iPad - but next to the 22mm X1 Carbon Touch its 13.5mm thickness means it's a baby. Use the kick stand and Touch or Type keyboard and you will feel like you have a tiny laptop on the go. But try to use the Surface Pro and you will realise what a chunk of tech this is.
Make no mistake: the Surface Pro is one hot and heavy device. The fact that it weighs around 900g doesn't tell the whole story. In our tests it ran really hot - as might be expected of such a small Core i5 device - and holding it in one hand for any period of time is a trial. There are two near-silent fans working to dissipate heat, but they do a far from perfect job. It also looks and feels almost fatally chunky. This is a subjective thing, but unlike the svelte Surface RT the Pro has a certain Fisher Price asthetic. It just doesn't look like something I'd want to show off to my friends.
The Surface Pro does retain the design plus points of the Surface RT. That 22-degree kickstand is a neat solution, albeit one with no gradient so you have your screen angled at 22 degrees or not at all. And the way the Type keyboard clicks in is a joyous thing. But the gap between the back and the top of the chassis remains. It's presumably there to allow for air flow, but we can't say it adds to the way the Surface Pro makes us feel.
The Surface Pro has a better display than did the RT. It is a 1920-by-1080-pixel, 10.6-inch screen. That makes for 208 pixels per inch - somewhat behind the iPad or Nexus 10, but not so as you can really notice. It's a decent screen for a tablet, but on size alone it can't match up to that of a decent laptop. Viewing angles are pretty good though, at least side to side. It's a pretty reflective screen, however. We found it all but useless outside.
Surface Pro: storage
The 128GB Surface Pro we tested offers only 83GB of usable storage capacity. The Surface Pro supports USB 3.0 so you can expand your storage using an external drive. There's also a MicroSDXC card slot in case you want to add onboard flash memory.
Surface Pro: performance, connectivity, battery
Here we meet only good news. With an average PCMark7 benchmark score of 4751 the Surface Pro is a Windows 8 PC offering the performance of a high-end Ultrabook. Consider the specs. Like the previously mentioned ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch (and the Dell XPS Duo 12, Lenovo Yoga 13, et al) the Surface Pro is supplied with a 1.7GHz Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM, 64GB or 128GB SSD, and integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000. It's a power laptop in tablet form, and it performs as such. It's truly zippy in use - there are compromises being made here, but not in the general performance of the Surface Pro.
The connectivity options are good, too. You get a Mini DisplayPort which can drive HDMI and VGA displays - get a full-spec keyboard and a decent display and the Surface Pro could be your primary PC when not in tablet use. My PCWorld.com colleague Jon Phillips tested the Surface Pro driving a 24in Dell monitor with a 1920x1080 resolution with no problems at all. (He also used the Surface Pro for Photoshop work which worked well.)
The Surface Pro has integrated graphics, which means it's not much of a gaming rig. In PCWorld.com's Civilization V and Dirt Showdown gaming tests frame rates were described as 'unplayably poor', with numbers in the mid-teens at best. We did, however, see a playable 34 frames per second in Dirt Showdown after reducing in-game resolution to 1366 by 768 and setting visual quality to low.
Battery life is good, but perhaps not good enough for the new category of device that the Surface Pro represents. With a 42-watt-hour battery the Surface Pro has Intel Ultrabook battery life, rather than that of an Arm-based tablet. In PC World's video rundown test, the Pro lasted only 5 hours, 8 minutes. This compares poorly in comparison with hybrid tablet/Ultrabooks such as the W700 (6 hours, 7 minutes), and the Yoga 13 (5 hours, 37). Perfectly useful, but nothing compared to the Surface RT or the iPad, both of which offer more than 9 hours of in use battery life.
Surface Pro: pen
The Surface Pro comes with a pen that offers a drawing and writing input for the tablet. It's a passive device that doesn't draw power and attaches magnetically to the side of the device. According to Microsoft the Surface Pro's pen offers 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity and it's true that it is a very sensitive tablt pen. In use it can be laggy however, and it feels flimsy and plastic - if you're spending this much money on a tablet you want premium quality, and the Surface Pro's pen doesn't feel like that at all.
The pen does offers a certain amount of useful functionality, however. In essence it's useful when you need a drawing pad, and pointless at all other times. And sitting on the side of your Surface Pro it can feel a little in the way.
Surface Pro: software
For the full low-down on Windows 8 read our Windows 8 review. For the Surface Pro suffice to say that it offers the full no-holds-barred Windows 8 Pro experience. So you can run any software that you have installed on any other Windows device, as well as Windows apps. That means you can run Office on your tablet, making the Surface Pro a more than useful travelling companion for business people.
Surface Pro: keyboards
The two Surface keyboards are compromise devices. The Touch and Type Covers are brilliant keyboard/covers, but you have to consider what the Pro is good at, and then wonder if a combination case and keyboard is good enough. I started typing this review on the Type Cover... and gave up. It's perfectly useable, but with a full laptop keyboard within reach it just seemed a compromise too far to have to wrestle with what is a mobile keyboard. The keys are small, don't have much travel, and suffer from a perceptable lag. Both covers are as good as it gets in tablet cover keyboards, but that isn't as good as a proper keyboard or even that of an Ultrabook.
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In 490 BC, Thersipus of Erchius run from Marathon to Athens; to announce Persians had been defeated. The messenger, run all the way to Athens non-stop, said "We have won!" and collapsed on the ground.
This is the legend, the modern marathon competition claims origins.
In Greece, Messengers like Thersipus, were important in conveying messages and thus were raised with great enthusiasm, care and training.
The first official marathon race was conducted in 1896 Athens Olympics. French philosopher, Micheal Breal is believed to have influenced his friend Pierre de Coubertin (one of the main contributors to modern Olympic competitions) to include marathon in the olympics.
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The feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29, is kept with suitable solemnity in Rome, with the pope offering Mass at St. Peter's on the patronal feast of his diocese.
Ten years ago, in 2001, Blessed John Paul asked Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to celebrate the Mass in his stead. It was the 50th anniversary of Ratzinger's priestly ordination, June 29, 1951, and the honour of offering the patronal Mass in the pope's presence was thought both a tribute to Ratzinger's long service, and, perhaps, a prelude to a farewell earnestly sought by Ratzinger himself.
The farewell never came; the long service continued. Now, on the 60th anniversary of his priestly ordination, Ratzinger offered the Mass for the two princes of the apostles, not in place of anyone, but as bishop of Rome himself.
Sixty years of faithful service in any vocation is a remarkable testimony of cooperation with God's grace. The 60 years of Pope Benedict are all the more remarkable given that, since being called from his professor's chair to the episcopate in 1977, he has been labouring in a section of the vineyard that he did not choose.
On April 19, 2005, the cardinals chose him to be pope, confirming that only death would release him from his work in the pastoral section of the vineyard.
Joseph Ratzinger has long desired to devote his life to scholarship, and had it been up to him, his 60th anniversary would be spent, if not in heaven, in retirement amid his library, studying and writing theology. But even as a young man Joseph knew that God might be calling him to something different.
"In the years I was studying theology in Munich, I had to struggle," Ratzinger said in the 1996 interview book, Salt of the Earth, recalling his years in the seminary.
"I was fascinated by academic theology. I found it wonderful to enter into the great world of the history of the faith; broad horizons of thought and faith opened up to me, and I was learning to ponder the primordial questions of human existence, the questions of my own life.
"But it became clearer and clearer that there is more to the priestly vocation than enjoying theology, indeed, that work in a parish can often lead very far away from that and makes completely different demands.
"In other words, I couldn't study theology in order to become a professor, although this was my secret wish. But the 'yes' of the priesthood meant that I had to say 'yes' to the whole task, even in its simplest forms."
The young Joseph Ratzinger wanted to be a theology professor. He understood that God was calling him to be a priest. The two are obviously compatible, but they are not the same.
Pope Benedict, seen here arriving at St. Peter's Basilica on June 29, the 60th anniversary of his ordination, knew God wanted him to be a priest
The priesthood is always deeper than any human aspiration, even those human aspirations which appear most congruent with the priestly call. It was possible of course to be a professor without being a priest, but that was not what Joseph knew God was asking of him.
He was called to be a priest to be sure, and likely a professor too, but the former vocation would always take precedence over the latter apostolate.
As things turned out, Ratzinger spent little time in the parish before being assigned to academic work — a rather obvious decision for his superiors, given his scholarly brilliance. Yet "the whole task" of the priestly vocation was awaiting him. The call came in 1977. Pope Paul VI wanted him to be archbishop of Munich.
"I had, of course, very great doubts at first about whether I should or ought to accept the appointment," Ratzinger explained.
"I had little pastoral experience. I felt that, in principle, I was called from the beginning to teach and at this period of my life — I was 50 years old — I had found my own theological vision and could now create an oeuvre with which I would contribute something to the whole of theology."
"I then took counsel and was told that in an extraordinary situation such as we live in today, it is also necessary to accept things that don't seem to be in the direction of one's life from the beginning," Ratzinger continued.
"Today the problem of the Church is very closely tied to that of theology. In this situation, even theologians have to be available as bishops. So I accepted."
So he did. There would be other acceptances to come. The summons to Rome by Blessed John Paul. The same pope's refusal to allow his chief lieutenant to retire. The call to the chair of Peter at the age of 78.
Sixty years on, Benedict is saying "yes" to "the whole task of the priesthood." It likely does not correspond to the pope's desire to wish him ad multos annos — many more years! — but Father Joseph Ratzinger learned long ago that God's call, not his own will, would shape his life.
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Rich: 'What Killed JFK' Was Dallas's 'Dallas's General Atmosphere of Hate'
On Monday, Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters noted how former New York Times op-ed writer (and before that, theater critic) Frank Rich, who now plies whatever his trade is at New York Magazine, criticized MSNBC's Chris Matthews for writing a "man-crush of a biography" about John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 48 years ago today.
Monday evening, Allahpundit at Hot Air identified a particularly egregious contention in that same very poor Rich piece, namely that "the hate that ended his (JFK's) presidency" which inspired avowed communist and Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to commit his heinous crimes (Oswald also shot Texas Governor John Connolly in JFK's motorcade and killed Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit later that day) came from the right. Really. What follows are selections from Rich's risible self-righteousness:
Though he was onboard for … (the Warren Commission's) conclusion that Oswald was the lone assassin, … ("Death of a President" author William Manchester) did not buy its verdict that there was "no evidence" of any connection between Oswald's crime and Dallas's "general atmosphere of hate."
Manchester is uncharacteristically contentious about this point. He writes that "individual commissioners had strong reservations" about exonerating Dallas but decided to hedge rather than stir up any controversy that might detract from the report's "widest possible acceptance." While Manchester adds that "obviously, it is impossible to define the exact relationship between an individual and his environment," he strongly rejected the universal description of Oswald as "a loner." No man, he writes, is quarantined from his time and place. Dallas was toxic. The atmosphere was "something unrelated to conventional politics—a stridency, a disease of the spirit, a shrill, hysterical note suggestive of a deeply troubled society." Duly observing that even the greatest presidents have been vilified in their time—Lincoln as a baboon and Jefferson as "Mad Tom"—Manchester saw something "more than partisan zeal" at work in this case. He detected "a chiaroscuro that existed outside the two parties, a virulence which had infected members of both." Dallas had become the gaudy big top for a growing national movement—"the mecca for medicine-show evangelists of the National Indignation Convention, the Christian Crusaders, the Minutemen, the John Birch and Patrick Henry societies."
Immediately after the assassination and ever since, the right has tried to deflect any connection between its fevered Kennedy hatred and Oswald's addled psyche with the fact that the assassin had briefly defected to the Soviet Union. But at the time even some Texans weren't buying that defense. An editorial in the Dallas Times Herald chastised its own city for supplying "the seeds of hate" and "the atmosphere for tragedy." The editor of the Austin American wrote that "hatred and fanaticism, the flabby spirit of complacency that has permitted the preachers of fanatical hatred to appear respectable, and the self-righteousness that labels all who disagree with us as traitors or dolts, provided the way for the vile deed that snuffed out John Kennedy's life."
Sure, Frank. Two left-wing newspapers (the Austin paper is legendarily leftist; the Times Herald was columnist knee-jerk liberal Molly Ivins's home for many years) blaming an atmosphere of right-wing zeal for left-wing violence, and that equals "some Texans." That soooo seals the argument. Zheesh.
It's oddly comforting to know that the same sort of smear merchants who tried to pin the Gabby Giffords shooting on the right, including Rich's former colleague Paul Krugman, were doing their thing with JFK's assassination too almost 50 years ago. At least, it seems, things haven't gotten worse over time: If they couldn't pin Giffords on us, then by God, they'll pin something on us. Looking forward to Rich's inevitable essay on whether John Wilkes Booth was, kinda sorta, the first tea partier.
Here's what I really want from the left: A systematic treatment of when and how "climate of hate" reasoning about collective responsibility can fairly be applied to an act of violence. It used to be that a nutjob had to at least agree ideologically with the group that's being blamed, but Rich gets us a step away from that. Under the Oswald theory, ideology no longer matters; all that matters is shared "hate" for a particular target. By that logic, I guess, the Al Qaeda sympathizer busted by the NYPD yesterday for targeting police could be blamed on OWS since both are angry at the cops.
Just another reason not to take Rich seriously. It's surprising and too bad that at least some New York Magazine readers do.
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.
UPDATE, Nov. 28: From Jack Coleman at NewsBusters — "Wrong, Frank Rich: NYC Radicalized Oswald, Not Dallas." Fidel Castro also may have played a part. Read the whole thing.


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Tufts University has become the latest institution to cut ties with disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong.
The university's Board of Trustees unanimously voted to rescind the honorary degree it conferred upon Armstrong in 2006, a university spokeswoman said Wednesday.
"While continuing to respect the significant work of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the board concluded that, in the wake of the recent report of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and its acceptance by the International Cycling Union, Mr. Armstrong's actions as an athlete are inconsistent with the values of the university," said Kimberly Thurler, director of public relations at Tufts.
Armstrong rose to fame and the pinnacle of the cycling world in the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning seven consecutive Tour de France titles after being successfully treated for testicular cancer.
This summer, the anti-doping agency charged Armstrong with using performance-enhancing drugs and helping to run a systematic doping program on his Tour de France teams.
Armstrong chose not to fight the accusations but denies having used banned substances. He was banned from competing for life and was stripped of all his titles.
Tufts is not the first organization to distance itself from the embattled cyclist.
Multiple companies, including Nike and Anheuser-Busch, have dumped Armstrong from sponsorship deals in the wake of the anti-doping agency's reports. Armstrong's name was also recently dropped from his cancer-fighting charity, the Livestrong Foundation.
He had already stepped down as chairman of the foundation and resigned from its board of directors.
Armstrong's spokesman did not return an e-mail Wednesday seeking comment about Tufts' decision.
After he received the degree from Tufts, Armstrong, clad in a school cycling jersey, exhorted 2006 graduates to make a difference. "As a 35-year-old guy speaking to some 20-year-olds, we can effect change all over the world, and I'm excited," according to a transcript on the school's website.
It is unusual, though not unheard of, for colleges to rescind honorary degrees.
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New Zealand Post, wishes to advise the designated operators of other Union member countries that the domestic mail network across the lower North Island and the upper South Island was severely impacted overnight as a result of Cyclone Gita. Flights were rescheduled, and some local roads have suffered significant damage. Delays can be expected for all mail products into and out of these areas of New Zealand in the immediate future; however, the situation is expected to return to normal in a couple of days.
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Israeli company PrimeSense, who did a lot of the heavy lifting in the design of the original Kinect, have been bought out. Not by Microsoft, but by Apple.
"Sources" tell website All Things D that the deal went through for around $360 million. While Apple isn't commenting on why the company was bought, if iOS device (or at least Mac) cameras don't start shipping with 3D capabilities in the next few years, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
You might think this is terrible news for Microsoft, but it's not; while PrimeSense were instrumental in the design of the Xbox 360's Kinect, the Xbox One's camera was conceived and built entirely in-house at Microsoft.
Apple Confirms Acquisition of 3-D Sensor Startup PrimeSense [All Things D]


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The North Frisian island of Amrum is one of the best day trip destinations in Schleswig-Holstein. With its bracing North Sea air, coastal wetlands and a beach that seems to stretch on forever, Amrum is ideal for active holidays and relaxation.
Amrum covers 20.46 square kilometres in all, making it Germany's tenth-largest island. It is located in the heart of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and boasts the incredibly wide Kniepsand beach, which is great for water sports and swimming. The sandbank that makes up the beach is ten kilometres long and almost 1.5 metres across at its widest point. This is almost as wide as the island itself, which measures 2.5 kilometres from one side to the other. With winds reaching gale force six, Amrum offers perfect conditions for windsurfers, sailors and kiteboarders. And thanks to its lighthouse – at 63m above sea level the tallest on the North Sea coast – you can have a bird's eye view of the exciting goings-on below.
As well as its many activities, Amrum Island offers the chance to experience remarkable natural spectacles. For example when thousands of sea and coastal birds populate the island during breeding season, attracted by the coastal wetlands' rich supply of food. When the wetlands drain with the ebb of the tide and the sea disappears for a few hours, intrepid hikers can cross the mudflats from Amrum to the neighbouring island of Föhr (or the other way around) and become real birdwatchers in the process. Amrum is well worth a visit at any time of year. Cold weather simply results in a warmer welcome. The island's five villages have plenty of charming thatched Frisian houses for you to stay in, or wellness hotels for a relaxing break. Fish restaurants provide delicious food for the island's guests, and those keen to try out the local beer should round off the evening in a proper sailors' tavern.
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Some minivans in Japan will soon look ever-so-slightly less like they're carting the intramural soccer team of the local shougakkou, and more like bulbous GT cars. Buyers of the Mazda MPV will soon be able to order a Mazdaspeed "Urban Gran Tourismo" package that includes a wind-tunnel-tested body kit. The GT minivan was the centerpiece of Mazda's display at the Tokyo Auto Salon, which took place over the weekend.
All-New Mazdaspeed MPV Leads Mazda's Tokyo Auto Salon 2006 Lineup [MPH]
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SouthPark is located at the corners of Sharon and Fairview roads about six miles south of center city Charlotte. SouthPark was once part of a 3,000-acre farm owned by N.C. Gov. Cameron Morrison. The original farm reached all the way from Cotswold to Quail Hollow. The farm's main residence, the Historic Morrocroft Mansion, built between 1924 and 1927 still remains on its original site. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the overwhelming 14,000-square-foot Tudor Revival home stayed in the Morrison/Harris family until 1981. It remains a private and beautifully restored residence today.
SouthPark is a prestigious address that offers a variety of housing styles, ranging from 1950's ranch homes in Beverly Woods and Barclay Downs to newer multi-million-dollar homes in neighborhoods like Quail Hollow, Foxcroft, Deering Oaks and the exclusive gated communities of Morrocroft and nearby Seven Eagles. The Harris YMCA (family oriented Y) at the corner of Sharon and Quail Hollow Roads is also a legacy from the Morrison/Harris family.
Additionally, SouthPark is the second-largest business district in the state (developed primarily by the Bissell and Harris families), with over 40,000 workers. Impressive office buildings are spread throughout the area, including the alluring Rotunda with its dramatic fountains. SouthPark is the home to the Fortune 500 company Nucor, as well as National Gypsum, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Piedmont Natural Gas and J.A. Jones Construction Company. Maersk, Bank of America Mortgage, First Citizens Bank, and CSX have major divisional operations located in SouthPark.Several hotels are also located in SouthPark. Some compare SouthPark to Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood, as they are very similar.
Top-rated Charlotte public schools in the immediate SouthPark area include Sharon Elementary, Alexander Graham Middle, and Myers Park High.
SouthPark Mall is known as the best shopping experience in the city, with 150+ stores. SouthPark features Apple, Burberry, Lilly Pulitzer, Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Tiffany & Co. just to name a few. The mall includes a very popular food court in addition to its fine-dining options like Cheesecake Factory. According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the first American Girl store in Charlotte will be added to the Macy's wing of the mall in a 12,000 square foot space to be opened in the fall of 2014. The main entrance to SouthPark Mall on Sharon Road is marked by a Crate & Barrel store. The Village shops near that entrance offers even more choices for shoppers, including such stores as Eye Candy Boutique, Paul Simon, Paul Simon for Women, Tara Grinna Swimwear and great dining at Cowfish plus.
SouthPark is also the home of the Charlotte Symphony's Summer Pops concerts, which are performed at the new amphitheater at SouthPark. These evening concerts are free to all. The other signature event is the annual Christmas tree lighting, which takes place on Thanksgiving Day early evening and features caroling and a visit from Santa.
Only one-half mile west of the SouthPark Mall, is another upscale development called Phillips Place which exudes old world charm with its gardens, benches and bubbling fountains. The 35-acre complex is a pedestrian-friendly mix of retail and residences which includes a hotel and 402 multi-family housing units. Outstanding specialty retail, apparel, and fine home furnishings are available.Take in a movie at the ten-plex surround sound Phillips Place Regal Cinema or enjoy fine dining at P.F. Chang's, Dean & Deluca, Upstream seafood, or Palm Restaurant.
CMC-Morrocroft, located on Cameron Valley Parkway, is leading the way in providing state of the art healthcare to SouthPark area residents. Starting in 2014, they will have a free-standing emergency department in addition to the lab, mammography, diagnostic imaging, urgent care and physician services that they already provide.
Several exclusive apartment and condo complexes above retail spaces have been added in the SouthPark area in recent years. Governor Morrison Condos, Piedmont Row, The Residence, Louisburg Square, Post Park at Phillips Place, and Solis Sharon Square at Ashley Park are among the most prominent.


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WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2012 Research conducted and supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has led to a new analysis of the pig genome, revealing new similarities between pigs and humans that could potentially advance biomedical research significantly. Additional findings from the study, reported today in the journal Nature, may also lead to better breeding strategies, improved pork production and improvements to human health. The research was conducted by a global team of scientists as part of the International Swine Genome Sequence Consortium (ISGSC).
"This new swine genome sequence analysis helps us understand the genetic mechanisms that enable high-quality pork production, feed efficiency and resistance to disease," said Sonny Ramaswamy, director of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. "This knowledge can ultimately help producers breed high-quality swine, lower production costs and improve sustainability. My congratulations to the International Swine Genome Sequence Consortium for this tremendous achievement."
The study found that the pig and its cousin the wild boar have much in common with humans. Researchers compared the genome of a common farm pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, with those of 10 wild boars all from different parts of Europe and Asia. Newly discovered details of the evolution Sus scrofa from the domestic pig first emerged in Southeast Asia and gradually migrated across Eurasia. The team found many significant genetic differences between the Asian and European wild boars, which separated from one another around one million years ago. Understanding the genetic origins of modern pigs is important in breeding efforts for disease resistance and growth efficiency.
Scientists from USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) developed the first-ever genetic linkage map of the pig genome in 1994, laying the groundwork for subsequent sequencing efforts, and have provided collaboration and scientific expertise throughout the sequencing process. ARS scientists at Beltsville, Md., working as part of the international team, contributed to the manual annotation the process of identifying genes and determining and describing what those genes do of more than 1,400 swine genes related to immunity. This work provided a basic description of the portion of the genome devoted to the animal's immune response. The ARS scientists' work revealed a high degree of similarity in the immunity genes of pigs and humans, a discovery that could contribute significantly toward the use of swine as a model in studies of both human and animal health and increase the potential of the pig as a biomedical model.
The ISGSC is led by Lawrence Schook, vice president for research at the University of Illinois; Professor Martien Groenen at Wageningen University in The Netherlands; and Professor Alan Archibald at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Schook received grants for his work from NIFA. Gary Rohrer, Joan Lunney and Harry Dawson from ARS also contributed to the work done by ISGSC.
Much of the pioneering work done in support of the ISGSC has its roots in the National Research Support Project 8 (NRSP8) and NIFA's support of the U.S. Pig Genome Coordination program. The work of this program initial gene discovery and mapping and the sharing of reagents and mapping tools was crucial for the early work that led up to the sequencing of the pig genome.
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Executive Summary: The American Way of Business — increase profits by squeezing employees and suppliers to lower cost — amounts to an economic death spiral. See also "How Obamacare Affects Bad Business Practices."
Along the way, however, we've forgotten something important — namely, that economic justice and economic growth aren't incompatible. America in the 1950s made the rich pay their fair share; it gave workers the power to bargain for decent wages and benefits; yet contrary to right-wing propaganda then and now, it prospered. And we can do that again.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Cambodian police removed about 1,000 anti-government protesters, including garment workers, from an industrial park in Phnom Penh after deadly clashes with security authorities.
Demonstrating workers were demanding the employers' organization Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia double their monthly wages to $160 this year.
Police moved into the camp on the weekend, pulling down temporary speaker platforms, overturning food stalls and pushing people away from the park, the BBC reported.
The break-up of the camp ended nearly a month of mostly peaceful protests, but not before four people were killed in fighting with police last week.
The government of Prime Minister Hun Sen remains sensitive to unrest in the country's garment sector because of its importance to the economy, accounting for up to 80 percent of exports.
Because business has been booming for factory owners, many of the industry's 500,000 workers want to see this success translated into higher wages and improved living accommodation services.
The demonstrating garment workers' demands have been supported by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
CNRP members quickly joined the garment workers last month as part of the party's call Prime Minister Hun Sen to resign after what it claims was a fraudulent national election in July, the BBC reported.
The protesters' mood changed last week after the Labor Advisory Council -- which consists of government, union and factory representatives -- raised pay from $80 to $95 for full-time workers and $90 for temporary workers, Radio Free Asia reported.
The Ministry of Labor also announced a plan for an annual pay rises in the minimum wage so full-time workers would get $160 and temporary workers $155 by 2018.
But the workers representatives rejected the plan, demanding an immediate hike to $160 dollars.
Radio Free Asia reported the government also issued a statement urging "workers and employers to remain calm, continue their operations [and] avoid falling into the political traps of opportunists."
But Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, appealed to workers to reject the increase and continue their protests.
"We are demanding [a much higher minimum wage] for the workers," he said. "Please, workers, join the strike so that all factories will close their doors. This is to pressure the government to raise the workers wages to $160 dollars."
CNRP President Sam Rainsy backed the union, calling for a nationwide strike by garment workers unless the $160 a month demand is met.
Radio Free Asia reported tensions and protests inside and outside the camp increased after the CCU dismissed the pay rise and Rainsy called for more strikes
About 3,000 workers from the garment maker Medtecs Cambodia in Kampong Cham province, north of the capital, and 5,000 workers in the Manhattan Special Economic Zone in the southeastern province of Svay Rieng demonstrated against the low wage increases.
Also, at least 500 workers from the Pak Sun Knitting Factory surrounded the Ministry of Labor building in Phnom Penh, RFA reported.
In Phnom Penh, protesters threw rocks, used slingshots and built barricades of scrap, lighting some on fire. Police responded with live rounds of gunfire, killing at least four people, the BBC reported last week.
The CNRP has been a thorn in the side of the ruling Cambodian People's Party since Rainsy, 64, returned from self-imposed exile on July 19 to fight the national election.
However, Rainsy, French-educated and a former investment manager in French financial companies, was ineligible to run in the election. In 2010 he was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison on charges he says were politically motivated.
Upon his return -- thanks to royal pardon issued at Hun Sen's request -- tens of thousands of people greeted Rainsy at the airport and along a route to a park where he spoke to supporters, Time magazine reported at the time.
Sen, 60, has been in power for 28 years and won another five-year term in July, but the party's grip on the National Assembly was weakened considerably.
The CPP won 68 of the 123 seats in the elections, 22 fewer seats than it picked up in 2008.
Rainsy, who's CNRP won 55 seats, claimed major voter irregularities.
"The CNRP doesn't recognize the result announced by the ruling CPP or the very similar National Election Commission results," Rainsy told reporters at his headquarters in Phnom Penh after the election.
"Fifteen percent of voters -- about 1.3 million -- were unable to vote because of [voting] list irregularities. There also were about 1 million ghost names on the voter list and about 200,000 duplicate names."


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NCCU Student Stripped and Falsely Jailed
It was late evening July 15th, 2013 when 19 year old North Carolina Central University sophomore, Lewis James Little was finally released after a month of incarceration for a murder he did not commit. Several charges against Little including first degree burglary, first degree kidnapping, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and felony conspiracy have all since been formally dismissed as an honest mistake. Lewis Little however, has been left to pick up the pieces of an experience truly worthy of a Lifetime Hardship Award.
On the evening of June 20th, 2013 Lewis Little and five of his friends left The Mews apartment complex to meet up and socialize with additional acquaintances at 414 Melbourne Street in northeast Durham. As they arrived by car, they spotted a body of an adult male lying in the street. After departing from their car, they approached the body "to find out why someone would just be laying in the street like that." Little and his friends were careful to observe without touching or disturbing what appeared to be a potential crime scene. After prompting the man to get up several times and inquiring about his safety without a response, Lewis Little called Durham police. The man on the ground was 25 year old Michael Lee, who was obviously in critical condition as he laid there wheezing his last few breaths. Worried and confused, Little and his friends stood beside Lee, as a small crowd of community members began to gather.
When Durham police finally arrived, they attempted to gather information on what exactly had transpired. Lewis Little, his friends and several others were questioned about what they may have seen or heard. Shortly after, Lewis Little found himself singled out by Durham police officer, K. Hempstead and questioned more abrasively. Without explanation, Little was then informed that he was being detained for further questioning at the Durham Police Department's 505 West Chapel Hill Street headquarter location. Officer K. Hempstead locked Little in handcuffs and placed him in the back seat of his police squad car. Little was taken to a Durham Police Department interrogation room and read his rights. Though investigators attempted to intimidate Little as they interrogated him, Lewis Little vehemently declared his innocence.
After hours of tedious questions and waiting in the interrogation room, Lewis Little was ordered to "strip down" and remove all articles of clothing in front of male and female officers. His keys, clothing, cell phone, shoes and watch were all confiscated. Little was outfitted in an oversized white paper jumpsuit. Investigators took fingerprints and DNA samples. Lewis Little sat there handcuffed to a steel chair until daylight the next morning. After the department's morning shift change, he was taken to the Durham County Jail where news cameras and reporters were waiting to catch a glimpse of his face.


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Towers could become widespread to deal with civil unrest
Paul Joseph Watson
November 22, 2012
Downtown Buffalo residents were shocked yesterday to see that a high-tech police guard tower had been erected to spy on Thanksgiving revelers using the same technology deployed against illegal aliens on the border.
The SkyWatch command tower is elevated 30 feet above ground level to give police a panoramic view of the streets and is fitted with sophisticated surveillance equipment. The manufacturer of the device boasts that the tower can be used for "civilian security operations" and "crowd control".
"It allows us to be able to see in various directions. The cameras have amazing clarity and it's an expansion of our police camera surveillance system," Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown told WKBW News.
The spy tower is basically just a high-tech version of an almost identical-looking guard tower from a detention camp, for example the one used at Guantanamo Bay used to watch over terrorists.
The justification behind police using SkyWatch is to "keep everyone safe" during Thanksgiving. The tower was funded by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security.
The guard towers are not only being used on busy street corners in major cities like Buffalo.
In December 2010, we carried a report of a similar device being set up on a quiet back street in a small town in New Jersey. The tower was situated next to a city park in a low crime area where it remained for several days.
Last year, US lawmakers were given a special demonstration of the Mobile Utility Surveillance Tower (MUST), an elevated monitoring tower similar to SkyWatch that is set to be used by law enforcement in the United States as part of an emergency response to civil unrest.
An anonymous narcotics officer quoted by Homeland Security Newswire admitted that border authorities were "Using this unit basically for national security. We are watching to make sure the violence does not pour onto United States soil."
"The portable surveillance vehicle has already been purchased by police departments across the United States and it has been deployed along the Texas border by several sheriff's departments," stated the HSNW report.
The SkyWatch guard tower currently being used in Buffalo "is also used by Border Patrol on the U.S.-Mexican border," reports WKBW. Congressman Ron Paul has previously warned that technology used on the border to catch illegal immigrants is now being turned against the American people.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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I officially started a new job that I really like. I point this out because I think the only reason I'm able to cook at all after a long day is because it's become much more of a joint effort - Paul either cooks most of the time, or definitely is in the kitchen with me when I'm tackling it. Doing it together really helps make it fun. The question, "what should we have for dinner?" is much less daunting with his help. (I'll spare you the part about my guilt over not being able to "do it all." If I'm honest, it was fleeting anyway. Letting go of it has made me much happier and if I can make something new, interesting or just satisfying a few times a week, that's good enough for me. It's not so much a lowering of my standards as a lowering of the frequency of my output.)
Anyway, on Sundays, we've been making a big dinner. A few weekends ago we made a meal inspired by Nigella Lawson. I've owned Feast for a long time, but this was the first attempt to use her recipes. We made an outstanding roast chicken and her smashed potato gratin. I can't squeal enough with delight over these potatoes. Good Lawd, they're good!
The gratin is a cross between Gratin Dauphinois and mashed potatoes. If I'm honest, it's a recipe that I might have overlooked, especially since I have an extremely biased opinion that Gratin Dauphinois cannot possibly be improved upon. I'm so glad we tried these, though, because these potatoes are delicious, slightly healthier (although no less rich) and even easier to make than a traditional gratin made of thinly sliced potatoes baked in heavy cream. Don't skip the onions or celery in here - they add a deep vegetal flavor that is hard to describe but extremely delicious.
Smashed Potato Gratin
(recipe adapted from Feast, by Nigella Lawson)
2 lbs potatoes, peeled
3 cups milk
2 tsp coarse salt
1/2 stick of celery, whole
4 green onions, trimmed
black or white pepper
about 1 stick butter
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
*One important note to remember is that this has many similarities to making mashed potatoes. You don't necessary measure the milk, but instead use as much as you feel you need once you start mashing the potatoes. This recipe is different in that you cook the potatoes in the seasoned milk. Just keep in mind that you should remove the cooked potatoes from the milk, start mashing and add as much milk as you need.
1. Butter your gratin dishes or one large baking dish.
2. Peel and chop the potatoes into 1 inch chunks. Place them in a saucepan with the milk, whole green onions, celery, salt, pepper and 3/4 of the stick of butter. Bring this mixture to a boil, reduce the heat and let it simmer about 20-25 minutes. 3. Removed the celery and green onion pieces from the milk. Removed the potatoes to a medium bowl, start smashing them with a fork or potato masher, but do not completely mash, you want some chunks. This mixture should be more liquidy than normal mashed potatoes because the liquid will cook off in the oven.
I had to include this picture because it makes me laugh.
The finished gratin with most of the liquid absorbed.
4. Pour into your gratin dish and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake at 425 degrees F for 30 minutes. The top should be nice and brown and the contents bubbling. Serves 4 of us, maybe 6 less gluttonous people.
The finished gratin with most of the liquid absorbed.
If you're still reading, the roasted chicken we made was also inspired by Nigella. We stuffed it full of celery, onions and herbs, and slathered it with a mixture from her St. Tropez Chicken. This included olive oil, honey, Herbes de Provence, garlic and lemon juice. Roasted at 375 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, it turned out to be really damn good. Sprinkle Herbes de Provence on chicken and you can't really go wrong!
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General information about L-carnitine
L-carnitine is made up of two amino acid compounds, methionine and lysine. For the most part, amino acids are obtained through food. The main source of carnitine is meat. Poultry, fish and dairy products also contain high levels of carnitine. L-carnitine only occurs in very small quantities in foods of plant origin. That's why vegetarians and vegans sometimes suffer from L-carnitine deficiency. Small quantities can only be found in avocados and soybeans.
We recommend using L-carnitine as support for a figure training regime and in combination with weight training and endurance sports. Taking L-carnitine during exercise improves your energy supply. Carnitine ensures the processing of dietary fat for additional performance during exercise.
L-carnitine is synthesised in the liver and the kidneys. In the body, L-carnitine can primarily be stored in the brain and heart, but also in the muscles. When selecting a quality carnitine product, make sure that premium-quality Carnipure® has been used as the raw material. This is highly dosed and achieves the best efficacy. Premium Carnipure® can be distinguished by its excellent bioavailability, meaning it can be absorbed by the body quickly. In terms of bioavailability and biocompatibility in particular, Carnipure® is far superior to other products, like carnitine tartrate.
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L-carnitine is ideal for body shaping
L-carnitine is ideal for use as part of a body shaping regime. The foundation of a figure training regime is of course the diet. Weight loss is determined by a negative energy balance with a calorie deficit.
L-carnitine can support you in your training, but successful weight loss is closely linked to a coordinated diet and performance in training. That's why when taking L-carnitine we recommend additional strength or endurance training.
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Studies show: Carnitine supports strength and endurance training
In a 24-week study, participants were split into two different groups. One group consumed 80 g of high-glycemic carbohydrates on an empty stomach as their first meal of the day in addition to 2 g of L-carnitine a day.
The control group ate only the carbohydrates and paid no attention to their carnitine intake. Performance tests were then carried out on a stationary bike. The result: The L-carnitine group consumed 55% less muscle glycogen during the exercise.
The athletes in the experimental group were also able to delay the formation of lactate and displayed a higher value of creatine phosphate - the elementary building block of the energy fuel ATP. Another advantage: Premature fatigue was reduced by 25% through L-carnitine intake and blood and oxygen circulation was also improved within the muscles.
L-carnitine can also help with muscle building. Results show that the number of testosterone receptors were increased in the body through the carnitine intake - this has a positive effect on muscle building, muscle growth and general gains in strength.
L-carnitine supports figure training
In the body, L-carnitine is mainly responsible for energy production in the mitochondria, the cellular power plants. L-carnitine transports dietary fats to the mitochondria, where energy for the body is obtained from the compounds. This additional energy is made available during times of physical strain.
L-carnitine also supports the regeneration and building processes of the muscles. And it also plays a role in endurance and athletic performance. Studies by the Nottingham Media School came to this conclusion.
Who should use L-carnitine?
L-carnitine is suitable for anyone who wants to actively support their body shaping and physical training. When taken before a workout, L-carnitine takes care of thermoregulation within the body.
This can lead to increased perspiration during sporting activities, intensifying the training experience.
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For best results as part of a figure training regime, carnitine should be taken on an empty stomach about 30 - 60 minutes before a workout.
On training-free days you can take L-carnitine first thing in the morning, when the body is better able to absorb and directly profit from nutrients.
Possible side effects of L-carnitine
Generally speaking, taking L-carnitine is not associated with any risks. If you suffer from an acute disease and have doubts about taking L-carnitine, we recommend consulting your treating physician.
As with all dietary supplements it is important to ensure that you always take plenty of fluids. We recommend at least 2 - 3 litres of water a day when taking carnitine and exercising on a regular basis.
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Since L-carnitine products normally come in the form of capsules, you should also be mindful of the nature of the capsule material when buying. High quality products can be distinguished by the use of plant-based capsule material in the form of cellulose. Inferior products, on the other hand, often use gelatine capsules made from pork.
It is also important to ensure that the capsules are free of unnecessary additives like artificial colours or preservatives.
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The registered trademark Carnipure® stands for premium quality carnitine. This Swiss raw materials supplier has been perfecting their product for over 25 years. Close collaboration with universities and clinical studies has yielded valuable insights into diet and nutrition.
In particular, Carnipure® stands out with its high dose per serving (1000mg). Its food safety quality has been repeatedly confirmed by official agencies.
The foundation of body sculpting is a daily calorie deficit. L-carnitine takes on many bodily functions, including transporting dietary fats to the mitochondria where they are then processed into energy. Moreover, studies have repeatedly shown a positive correlation between the intake of L-carnitine and having more energy during exercise.
Generally speaking, the body can produce enough L-carnitine on its own. However, since a higher level of carnitine can have a positive impact on athletes, some coaches recommend taking additional L-carnitine. If the body lacks L-carnitine during intense workout phases, it draws additional energy from protein instead of from fat. L-carnitine counteracts this process.
L-carnitine is almost exclusively found in meat and milk products, which means it's not always easy for vegans or even vegetarians to get additional carnitine in their diets. That's why we use pure vegan capsule shells made of natural cellulose. What's more, quality plant-based capsules are much more appetizing than the animal-based equivalent made from meat industry waste products.